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Christiani, Moritz Wilhelm
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
or Author and Jewish convert to Christianity; born at Altorf at the end of the seventeenth century; died at Prague about 1740; probably a member of the Keyser family of Schleusingen (Bavaria). He claimed to have been a rabbi at Schleusingen before his baptism in 1715.
Christiani wrote: (1) "Kurze Beschreibung einer Jüdischen Synagoge und eine Beschreibung der Synagogalen Gebräuche" (Regensburg, 1723); (2) "Die Schlacht- und Visitir-Kunst" (ib. 1724); (3) "Ausgang von dem Verstockten Judenthum und Eingang zum Wahren Christenthum," an account of his conversion, his profession of faith, and several orations (Erfurt, 1720); (4) "Rede zur Einladung für Rabbinische Studien," written in Hebrew and German, inserted in Johann David Köhler's "Program" (Altorf, 1715); (5) a German translation of the"Sefer ha-Minhagim" of Jacob Levi (MaHaRIL), published at Bremen in 1733.
- Wolf, Bibl. Hebr. 3:665, 4:895;
- Fürst, Bibl. Jud. 1:178.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Christiani, Moritz Wilhelm'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/c/christiani-moritz-wilhelm.html. 1901.
